Starbucks, Genova 27, Madrid

Advantages: It's a wonderful city
Disadvantages: None!

...This is my first opinion. I hope it works out fine... :) I've been living in Madrid my whole life. In fact, I'm Spanish, and I'm just studying abroad for a year (currently living in St. Andrews), so I think I can speak from my own experience about this wonderful city. Madrid is the capital of Spain, so many people from other parts of Spain usually go to live there. That makes of Madrid a city with a great mixture of cultures and a huge diversity of styles. When one visits Madrid for the first time, one gets the impression that it's a chaotic city. People running to their jobs, traffic jams all over the place, so many shops that you get lost.... Lots of colours, lots of sounds and the usually high pitched voices of Spanish people (no, we're not fighting when we talk to each other, we just like to express ourselves moving a lot our... Read review

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Advantages: It's gorgeous!
Disadvantages: A bit unclean

...I am sorry for my previous message I didn't take Ciao serious enough. and I conclude my review on genoa with plenty of detail. An article describing Genoa "Cladled between land and sea, living and working in the port, breathing its past in her patrician palaces, passionately fond of the terraced hills that embrace the city, Genoa is a city of many different faces. A modern metropolis and a severe costudian of artistic heritage, an industrious marketplace that also had shady, century-old parks to relax in. Genoa hides her riches in an historical centre that looks traditionally seaward yet at the same time exhibits a new beauty achieved by restoring the splendour of ages past. Youthfulness springs from the new urban fabric that has restored works of art and architecture. Enticement abounds in the vistas between sea and sky... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: A great starting place to see Italy.
Disadvantages: Forgot them as fast as I found them!

...I travelled the across Italy for 4 weeks in summer 2002. Genoa is the city we flew in to, it cost me £5 to fly to Genoa on EasyJet (hard to believe I know!). The aproach by plane is stunning the airport is right on the harbour so as you fly in you see the whole city. On arrival we caught a taxi , which was a reasonable price to the youth hostel, the city is a bus or taxi journey from the airport. The youth hostel at Genoa is probably on the highest hill in the city. For weary feet it is best to catch one of the buses up the hill, but from the top the view is breathtaking, you can see the city and the sea. The youth hostel is very clean, quite big and very friendly, the staff here are very helpful. The nicest thing about this hostel is the chance to sit at night and watch the view as the city winds down or if you get up early... Read review

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